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Nominate Your Favorite Brooklyn Teacher to Win $25K

The FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence is open for nominations and includes a range of prizes for local teachers

Oct 13, 2021 4:42 PM Read more >

Nonprofit Gets $1.4M Grant to Support Mental Health Services for Brooklyn Seniors

Institute for Community Living was awarded the grant by the federal government to support services for mental health and substance abuse for Brooklyn seniors

Oct 13, 2021 1:29 PM Read more >

Brownsville Youth Practice Haitian Principle 'Kombit' to Build Community Through Farming

Grow Brownsville, an initiative paying teens to enhance local agriculture, is hosting a Haitian "farming party" this Saturday.

Oct 13, 2021 9:50 AM Read more >

BK Residents Hit Hard By Ida Could Get Flood Insurance if City Program Is Adopted

After flood-hit New Yorkers were forced to turn to the generosity of strangers for financial assistance this September, the City has announced a pilot program to get flood insurance for vulnerable homes

Oct 12, 2021 8:22 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Public Library Opens First New Branch in 40 Years

The Adams Street Library in DUMBO is the first new Brooklyn library opened since 1983

Oct 12, 2021 3:41 PM Read more >

Kids and Their Computers: Several Hours a Day of Screen Time is OK, Study Suggests

Even when kids spend five hours a day on screen – whether computers, television or text – it doesn’t appear to be harmful.

Oct 12, 2021 1:28 PM Read more >

Brownsville to Get $120M Girls' Empowerment Center

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Brownsville’s Multi-Service Center will be transformed into the site for girls

Oct 12, 2021 9:59 AM Read more >

Land Acknowledgments Meant to Honor Indigenous People Too Often Do the Opposite - Erasing American Indians and Sanitizing History Instead

By: Elisa J.

Oct 11, 2021 2:31 PM Read more >

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebrated in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Children's Museum and Brooklyn Public Library are celebrating art and culture on this Indigenous Peoples' Day, Oct. 11.

Oct 11, 2021 11:17 AM Read more >

Clinton Hill Gardens Lovingly Tended for 14 Years Must Be Cut Back Due to Rats, City Says

Over the last 14 years, John Cook has built nine gardens at a NYCHA housing complex from scratch, on his own time and dime. Now, rats are forcing him to rip them up.

Oct 8, 2021 7:19 PM Read more >